AstraZeneca’s Evusheld slashes risk of symptomatic COVID-19 up to 83%
AstraZeneca's monoclonal antibody combination tixagevimab-cilgavimab (Evusheld) reduced the risk of symptomatic COVID-19 infection by 83% over placebo at a median...
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Patient contracted Omicron just 20 days after Delta strain of COVID-19A 31-year-old woman from Spain contracted COVID-19 twice within 3...
An mRNA vaccine with a twist—it copies itself—protects against COVID-19 – Science
A third messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine appears to have proved its worth against COVID-19. And although it is more than...
Review: ‘Silent Invasion’ Is Deborah Birx’s Story of Trump’s Covid Response – The New York Times
“Silent Invasion,” an insider’s look at the Trump administration’s pandemic policies, is earnest and exhaustive, our reviewer says.SILENT INVASION: The...
Risk of myocarditis after COVID vaccine low but highest in young men
A new study of 23.1 million Scandinavians suggests that the risk of myocarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination is low but...
When Covid Enters the House, What Should We Do? – The New York Times
When someone in the family tests positive for the coronavirus, there are some guidelines to follow.Though I have been writing...
A puzzling phenomenon: Patients report a rebound of COVID-19 symptoms after taking the antiviral Paxlovid – The Boston Globe
When it first hit the market in December, the COVID-19 antiviral treatment, Paxlovid, was hailed as a game-changer, an effective...
Cruise ship returns to LA as passengers test positive for COVID-19 – KABC-TV
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Princess Cruise ship returned to Los Angeles this week after an unknown number of passengers...
Should I still wear a mask on a plane? – The Washington Post
The abrupt end of the federal mask mandate for public transportation and an uptick in coronavirus cases across the country...
Delta Air Lines initially called covid-19 an ‘ordinary seasonal virus’ as mask mandate was lifted – The Washington Post
After backlash on social media, Delta Air Lines has walked back a comment falsely claiming that the coronavirus, which continues...